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JOHANNESBURG, May 12 – The case against the man accused of killing and then burning the body of Karabo Mokoena was postponed in the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court on Friday. Sandile Mantswe, 27, made his first appearance in court and is facing a murder charge after he reportedly confessed to killing Mokoena. According to reports, Mokoena […]

JOHANNESBURG – Former African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) regional leader Patrick Wisani, who was found guilty of murdering his girlfriend, was on Thursday sentenced to 20 years imprisonment by the Johannesburg High Court. Wisani, 32, was convicted of murdering his then 24-year-old partner, Nosipho Mandleleni, in Yeoville in September 2015. He was also found […]

CAPE TOWN, May 10 – The trial against Henri van Breda entered its ninth day on Wednesday with, for the first time, a family member taking the stand. Cornelius Andries van Breda is the brother of Martin van Breda and warmly embraced his nephew before testifying against him. He described the Van Breda family as […]

PORT ELIZABETH – A Port Elizabeth man convicted of committing a brazen killing in cold blood was sentenced to life imprisonment in the Port Elizabeth High Court on Tuesday. Peter Pietersen, 36, was found guilty earlier this week of what the court described as the “execution” style murder of Randall Mabie in Kleinskool in March […]

COLIGNY, May 2 – One of two farmers accused of brutally killing a teenage boy in Coligny outside Lichtenburg, intends pleading not guilty, the Coligny Magistrate’s Court heard on Tuesday. In an affidavit read out in court, Pieter Doorewaard, 26, said if he was kept in custody he would not be able to prepare for […]

JOHANNESBURG – Five men who allegedly raped a 34-year-old woman and then doused her and her male friend with a flammable liquid before callously setting them alight, on Thursday withdrew their bail applications at the Kagiso Magistrate’s Court, where an angry crowd was baying for their blood. The lawyers for Bheki Mzama, 28, Sabatha Mathuku, […]

BLOEMFONTEIN, April 19 – A 45-year-old man has finally been sentenced for beating his girlfriend to death in 2005, Free State police said in a statement on Wednesday. Erick Ngakatau, who was 34 years old at the time, has been sentenced to eight years behind bars by the Thaba Nchu High Court. Police spokesperson Sergeant […]

CLEVELAND (AP) — A multistate manhunt for the suspect in a random killing that Cleveland police say he recorded and posted to Facebook is entering its third day. Authorities say it’s now a nationwide search for 37-year-old Steve Stephens, who’s wanted on an aggravated murder charge in the shooting death of a 74-year-old retired man […]

RUSTENBURG, April 12 – Three alleged gang members accused of murdering a rival gangster were remanded in custody, North West police said on Wednesday. Lieutenant Colonel Pelonomi Makau said Ansa Mendela, 20, Motlatsi Mogoemang, 22 and Muziwamadoda Nnqweqwe, 20, appeared in the Stilfontein Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday, and their case was postponed to April 24. […]

JOHANNESBURG, APRIL 11 (ANA) – Dutywa Police on Tuesday said they have arrested a 21-year-old woman in King William’s Town, Eastern Cape, after she allegedly fatally stabbed her elder brother. “It is alleged that the two quarrelled over the memory card of a cellphone on Sunday at about 16:00 at Mahliwane Location, Gwadana Village, Dutywa,” […]

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